The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with ...

New data shows that water levels in major reservoirs including Lakes Mead and Powell are well below average for this time of ...

The Colorado River community is now laser focused on the need to adopt new operating rules by the summer of 2026. At this important inflection point in the basin, it is useful to look back, reflect on ...

The Colorado River waters extend through seven states and two nations, including 277 miles through the Grand Canyon. Here's where it starts and ends. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Water released from the lake through Glen Canyon Dam flows down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead, the ...

Estimates of water consumption in the Colorado River basin do not include water exports from the basin, reservoir evaporation or natural losses. Percentages may not add up to 100 percent because ...

What is the Colorado River Compact? ... New Mexico, Utah) are legally allowed to use 7.5 million acre feet of Colorado River water. But they don’t use that full share, ...

The West’s last two winters offered a much-needed reprieve to the tired river. After Lake Powell plummeted to a record low of 3,522 feet above sea level, or 22% full, in February 2023, that year ...

This week, they held a combined 12.9 million acre-feet of water, or about one-quarter full. ... The Colorado River has been drying up because of chronic overuse combined with a historic drought.

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...

This story is one part of a broader series about ways to save water from the drying Colorado River. See the full project here. There’s really no debate, the biggest chunk of water from the ...

This undated map of the Salton Sea basin shows the shape and size of a full Lake Cahuilla as indicated by the dotted red line. Before the Colorado River was tamed by dams and dikes it was a free ...